Figurative Language Practice Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• simile : the herd of approaching elephants sounded like rolling thunder
• onomatopoeia : a word that imitates a sound.
• alliteration : peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
• simile : her eyes were like two sparkling emeralds.
• hyperbole : my backpack weighed a million pounds.
• personification : giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
• onomatopoeia : boom!
• metaphor : her eyes were two sparkling emeralds.
• simile : “my love is like a red, red rose . . . “
• hyperbole : an extreme exaggeration.
• simile : her temper was as explosive as a bomb.
• metaphor : a comparison not using the words “like” or “as”.
• personification : the sun’s rays wrapped its warm arms around my body.
• personification : mom! the t.v. begged me to watch it!
• personification : the dry leaves gathered in groups, chattering happily.
• alliteration : the repetition of beginning sounds.
• metaphor : your smile is sunshine to me.
• simile : a comparison using the words “like” or “as”.
• metaphor : his life was an open book.